Posts Tagged ‘industrial agriculture’

How agriculture gave rise to the ecological crisis – and a host of other human crises as well

Posted February 13th, 2010 in Blog, Featured 6 Comments

Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
…we westerners have lost our ancestral knowledge of how to survive on the Earth.  — Chellis Glendinning
The more I delve into the underpinnings of our ecological crisis, the larger, deeper, more profound the picture becomes.  Now I’m reading a book that takes me right back to the original alienation, the [...]

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Population of hungry continues to grow

Posted November 2nd, 2009 in Blog, Featured 2 Comments

Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:

This year the number of hungry in our world increased to 1.02 billion – nearly one in 7 people.

Folks who have followed this blog, or who know me from my previous work (director of the Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico until 2004 – see my bio), also [...]

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What is wrong with us?

Posted July 20th, 2009 in Blog, Featured 0 Comments

Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
That question gets me in trouble sometimes because it can imply judgment. But, really, what is wrong with us? When we receive information that tells us harm is being done, why isn’t our first reaction to stop doing the harm, instead of ‘how do we cover it up,’ [...]

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More people hungry than ever before

Posted June 22nd, 2009 in Blog, Featured 1 Comment

Fostering Ecological Hope
Today form Margaret Swedish:
This story makes me so sad — and angry.  The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) just released a report indicating that 1.02 billion people are hungry in this world right now — 100 million more than last year.
The most recent increase in hunger is not the consequence of [...]

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